Specialist in galaxies, astrophysicist Françoise Combes wins the CNRS gold medal – Pledge Times

The researcher has developed a technique for observing “distant quasars”. She’s the star seeker of the stars. The astrophysicist Francoise Combes received Thursday, September 10 the prestigious CNRS gold medal. She had contributed to the understanding of the evolution of galaxies thanks to an extraordinary ability to combine observation and theory.
The researcher was a pioneer in a technique for observing “distant quasars” : “Quasars are galaxies in which there is a supermassive black hole, whi…

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